Window casing



Feb. 9,1926; 1,572,217

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WINDOW CASING Filed June 2'7J 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED4 STATESy l y 1,572,211 PATENT o.i-l=llc1:g.lN

SAMUEL A. MnNoznn, or roar Woa'rn, Texas. f

WINDOW oAsINe.

Application filed June 27, 1925. Serial No. 39,927. i :i

. To aZZ whom t may concern Pe it known that I, SAMUEL A. MENozEn, a citizen of the United tates, and a resident of Fort Vorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Window Casings, of which the following Ais a specifica- .ior..

l My invention relates to improvements in window vcasings, and is of particular value in connection with metal windows ofthe socalled solid metal type. The principal objects of the invention are to provide a window' construction organized so that the sashes and associated parts may be readily removed and 'installed when access to the sash cords and weights is desired;

-to provide a construction in which the detachable portions of the Window casings are inconspicuously and rigidly secured in position; to provide a constructionof simple design which shall be relatively inexpensive xo manufacture, install and maintain, and in general to provide a neat, rugged and eilicient window casing of the character referred to.

A further object of the invention is to provide a removable unit jamb for heavy win dows, of solid or one-piece metal construction and means for rigidly and conveniently securing the same in position.

On the drawings, Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a window casing embodying my invention, with the up er' and lower sashes assembled therein in c osed positions.

Fig. 2 is a similar view but illustrating the manner of removing and installing the sashes. e

Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross sectional view taken on the section line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the staggered section line ie-4` of Fi g. 1. f

Reterring to the drawings in detail, 5 des- -ignates the'window frame which vis preferaifly of sheet metal construction and set in the wall 6 of a building at a Window opening, which wall has the usual sill 7. The top andA sides of the Jframe 5 have inturned flanges 8l and are shaped or formed with an inner jamb or bead 9, a central jamb or parting strip 10 and an outer jamb or stop 11 providing guidewaysf`12 and .13 for the upper and lower sashes 14 and 15 respectively, rI`he inner bead or stop 9 is pered continued around the bottom of the window trame 5 but the parting stri 10 andstop "llvterminato at ,the outwardly sloping or inclined sill portion 16, provided to give the necessary drainage. However, -in order to insure protection against inclement weather, the bottom portion ofthe frame 5 at the guideway 13, is provided with a raised Yportion or shoulder 17 roducing a step-like construction with the ead 9.- f

The upper and lower sashes maybe of standard construction and are shown constructed of metal and slidable in the guideways of the jamb construction. The lower part of the upper sash 14 has its frame bent to provide a pocket or groove 18 into-which a -depending flange 19, at the top'offthe lower -sash '15, extends, in order to provide' a and removal of the sashes and access to the sash cords and weights when desired, the sides of the window frame or casing are provided with removable sections or jamb units 25 which extend to the outer stop 11 from the inner side of the frame or casing, and from a' point adjacent the sill to a distance considerably above the top ofthe lower sash so as to readily -accommodate'the height of the sashes therein. In order to accommodate these removable units, the inner faces of the sides of the frame or casing are recessed or cut out as indicated at 26 on lines diverging inwardly, so as toprovide a tapl ring recess to permit the correspondingly ajamb units or sections 25 to readily enter therein and be displaced therefrom. In order to mount the removable j amb units -in position, the sides of the sash frame are open at the inside as indicated at 27, the inner edge being directed inwardly to form a lange 28 and the outer edge being iianged wardly to -form a. groove 30 for snugly receiving the adjacent edge portion 31 of the removable jamb section or u-nit 25 and the free edge 32 is flared or curved inwardly to engage cross-members or braces 33 which connect the flanges 28 and 29, as indicated at 34. By h aving the bent portlons 32 cngage the horizontal cross-members or strips 33, the edgesv 31 are tightly held in the grooves 30 to provide weather-tight joints, and this may be further carried out by providing a tortuous weather-strip 35 atthe parting strip and between the same and the Ueshaped sides of the sashes. These sashes are also provided with removable frames 36 held by screwsor other fasteners l37 to removably secure the window panes in lace.

units as by means of screws or other fasteners' 40.

It will thus be' seen that the sashes may be readily installed byfirst sli-ding the same int-o the respective guideways of the removable jamb units and then the removable .jamb units with the sashes therein are inserted in the recesses or cut-out portions at the sides of the window frame or casino', after which the screws 40 are applied. This places the sashes in line with the guideways owing to the `alignment of the respective `parts 9, 10 and 11 forming the beads or strips of the frame, when the sashes may be freely slid into open or closed positions. In

' disassembling or removing the sashes, it is only necessary to reverse the .operation by moving the sashes withinl the confines o f the removable. j amb units or sections 25, as illus-4 .j trated in Fig, 2 of the drawings, and by removing the fasteners 40 either prior to or after so positionlng the sashes, when the vsashes may be displaced from the window casi U or frame with the removable jamb units y sliding the latter inwardly from the position shown in Fig. 1 to displace the same from the window frame in the manner mdicated fin Fig. '2 of the drawings.

The referred construction re uires the use of tiiree screws at each side o the window casing to. secure the" removable jambl units in position, three of the cross-members -f or braces 33 being likewise employed. While the parts of the casing, sashes and removable sections or jamb unitsare'preferable of fourteen-gauge sheet metal ano. tne

Abraces o f heavier metal, sayoneeighth inch stock and preferably aboutone inch wide, it is to be understood that I am not limited to these specific measurements or' `ropor' tions and that the same may be wi ely varied, according to the particulardemand. Itis also apparent that a window construction such as described is so organized that the sashes and associated arts may be readily assembled or installedp replacement or repair, and that by reason of the open portions 27, convenient access may be had to the sash cords or chains and welghts when the removable jamb units are removed` together with the sashes. Moreover, since the joints between the tapered jamb units and the permanent portions of the casings of corresponding crosssection terminate at the inside of the outer sto or bead 11, a storm-proof window is provided in combination with the joints between the sashes and between the bottom sash and the sill of the window casing or frame. j

While I have shown and described my invention in a preferred\form, I am aware that various changes and modifications ma be made without departing from the princlples of my invention, the scope of which is to be determined by theappended claims.

I claim as my invention: 1. In a metal window, the combination of the outer casing, inner and outer sashes, and a removable jamb unit provided with guides forboth sashes and detachably secured to the outer casin i 2. In a win ow, the combination with a casing, a sash mounted in the casing and a and removed for f removable j ambv unit at one side of the casing corresponding in cross-section to the cross-section ofthe sash-receiving portion of the casing and detachably secured therein.k

3. In a window construction, a casingl having sash guides, sashes mounted in the casing, said casina having jamb sections with removable portions of a height to accommodate the sashes therein and adapted to be displaced 'from the jamb sections to permit displacement of the sashes therewith from the'casing, and means to secure said removable jamb portions in position at the inside of the casing. v

4. In a metal window, the combination ofr ermanent. beadsat,

an outer casing having the outside, the sides o the casing having out-outs between said beads and the inner side of the casing, jamb units removably secured in said cut-outs and the casing .above and below the'same being formed with beads providing .sash guides, and sashes mounted 1n said guides and adapted to be "removed from the casing with the 'units when moved into the confines of said units.

5. The combination with a window frame having sash guides and being open trans- 12ov l versely at opposite sides of their inner portions, braces secured across said inner portions from the the frame, said frame having unbroken outer beads extending vertically along and across said open portions, sashes mounted in the guides, jamb sect-ions removably mounted in the sides of the frame at said open portions and forming continu-V ations of the guides of the Jframe, and means to secure the removable jamb sections to the braces.

6. IThe combination with a window frame having sash guides and being open at their inner sash-receiving portions, braces secured across said inner portions from the inner to the outer acesthereof, said Jframe having continuous outer beads extending along said open portions, sashes mounted in the guides, removable j amb sections mounted in the sides of theframe at said open portions and forming continuations of the guides vof the frame, and means to detachablysecure the j amb sections to the inner ends of the braces at the inside lof the frame, said jamb sections having interit-ting connection with the frame at and inwardly of the outer beads.

7. In a window construction, a casing having inner, outer and parting strips forming sash guides, sashes slidable in said guides and havin interlocking portions, the sides of the casing;F at the inside having cut-outs enlarging inwardly and adapted to accommodate the sashes between the top and bottom portions thereof, and tapered jamb units adapted to tit said cut-outs and removably secured. therein, said j amb units having strips and guides correspondingr to those of the'casing.,

'SAMUEL A. Menezes., 

